>'the oil companies own about 5 times the potential reserves in domestic >exploration leases in the mainland of the US' I think you may have missed a >word or 2 in there as I can't seem to make sense of it.
The current domestic exploration leases on government lands have a far greater potential than ANWAR. If you remember last July there was a bill requiring oil companies to "use it or lose it" in terms of their current oil exploration leases on government lands in the continental US. personally I think that these leases that the companies are just sitting on and not doing anything else should be fully exploited before any very risky arctic oil drilling take place. > >What is the propaganda, the label of 'tree huggers' or that they are being >blamed for blocking the drilling? all of the above. 'tree huggers'is a perjorative. And the blame is more on the republican side. Ergo propaganda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277262 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
